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Indian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) Inspector, Ashok Joshi, holds a cobra that he caught in a house on outskirts of Amritsar on April 25, 2013. Snakes and particularly the King Cobra are venerated in India as...Plus

Indian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) Inspector, Ashok...Indian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) Inspector, Ashok Joshi, holds a cobra that he caught in a house on outskirts of Amritsar on April 25, 2013. Snakes and particularly the King Cobra are venerated in India as religious symbols worn by Lord Shiva, the god of destruction. India has 238 species of the reptile, of which 50 are poisonous.MoinsPlus